Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] [Urgent] Call for Testing Trusty Tahr Beta 1 Candidate

[Erick Brunzell <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/28/2014 06:53 PM, Tim wrote:

On 01/03/14 11:23, Erick Brunzell wrote:

On 02/28/2014 05:48 PM, Tim wrote:

On 28/02/14 20:55, Erick Brunzell wrote:

On 02/28/2014 01:28 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote:

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Michael Gratton <mike@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Kindly treat this email and this call for testing as high priority and urgent.

Please have a read:

http://ubuntugnome.org/trusty-tahr-beta-1-candidate/

As always, thank you for your support and we're waiting for your testing :)

Cool! So is this apt-get dist-upgradeable?

Hi,

That was an old email ;)

We're testing now Beta 1 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing

And soon, we will back to test the daily images.

Kindly keep in mind that in order to help Ubuntu GNOME with the testing process, you're required, as always, to test only the 'latest' build. Testing an old build is pointless and useless.

Those who are involved with testings need always to keep an eye on the QA mailing list of Ubuntu GNOME and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing

If there is any Q or anything wrong with that Wiki Page, please do shout at me. Send me directly or send to the list.

Thank you!

P.S.

In order for any test to be really helpful, tester is required to always do a clean and fresh install :)

Using any kind of upgrade is less helpful.

I would respectfully disagree. With a six month release cycle and a nine month support cycle I'd very much appreciate some help testing the 'release-upgrader' properly. Properly is a key word, eg;

I agree with Lance here... and wonder here did the whole "fresh install" obsession for linux come from? the debian packaging system is generally very good at handling upgrades! While the milestone testing is largely about testing the images, we also need to test upgrades. If there are bugs that only occur after upgrading, we still need to know about them!

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Beta 1 simply execute the command "update-manager -d" in the terminal. No sudo is required, nor is it preferred!

To upgrade Ubuntu GNOME Saucy to Ubuntu GNOME Trusty Daily simply execute the command "update-manager -d -c" in the terminal. Again no sudo is required, nor is it preferred!

I don't think its actually possible to upgrade to "Beta 1" using update-manager, both those commands will actually do the same thing, and upgrade you to Trusty Daily.

You know I'm going to have to install Ubuntu GNOME Saucy and check this out now.

"-c" checks for an actual release, so:
on Saucy it will do nothing
on Raring it will find "Saucy"
on Precise it will find "Quantal"

I'm anal like that, must know, that's how I roll ;^)

Lance

You're right - I was wrong.

I should have just linked the QA Tracker test-case:

http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1310/info

There it calls for using "update-manager -d -c" for testing purposes, and I'd love to see more people testing both those standard upgrade tests as well as the "Upgrade (image)" tests.

The more testers we have the more likely we are to produce a super sweet final release.

Lance